Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-11-09
NEWS IN BRIEF.

In Mexico they have special fun
eral cars over the horse car routes to
the cemeteries.
The Brazilian Government has
prohibited meetings in favor Of the
abolition of slavery.
Berlin is the only large German
| city that refuses TO velOcipedists the
freedom of the streets.
On the leg of a dead pigeon re-
Gently found on the st. Lawrence
river was a silver pound, inscribed
''9.7l.'
Many of the principal streets IN the
central part of Paris are havlog their
former stone pavements changed to
wooden ones.
knapp is rather a small town in
Northern Wisconsin. but it will have
a toboggan slide l mile long in opera
tion, next winter.
To ner litter of three kittens a
Kansas cat added two young rabbits,
and later three young raccoOns, all of
which she is nursing devotedly.
AT the late Medical Congress in
| Vienna all the doctors who spoke on
the subject were in favor of crema-
! tion as way of dispOsing of the dead.
"A pair of rubber hands have been
attached by Newark (N. J. doctor,
to the wrists of young Walter Alexan-
der, whose hands were cut of by COM
ing in contact with the machinery of
the Belleville Rubber Works.
"A large pelican. with bill as long
as coal dealer, was captured near
Crete. Nebraska, recently. 1t meas
ured six feet from tip to tip of wings,
! five feet from the tip of its bill to the
tip of its tail. and weighed twelve
pounds.
"A hive of bees was found under a
cornlce that was being repaired re-
Gently on a house IN Salem, Massa-
chusetts, and after the insects had
been smothered, store of honey,
amounting to a tub and half, was
secured.
| The discovery of a wild cat in the
vicinity of Quaker Bridge, West
chester County, New York, has relieved
some tramps Of suspicion that cOnnec-
ted them with extensive dlsappearanceS
OF poultry belonging TO farmers in the
neighborhOod.
"A young tTuckman OF New York
fell asleep while fishing the other day,
and IN that condition arose, walked
overheard and WAS drowned. He was
given to sOmuambuiism. ard is said
before TO have had several narrow es-
capes from death.
An intelligent horse is spoken of in
the Lynn Massachusetts, Bee. 1t was
minus shoe when stabbed for the
night, but next morning walked of
of its own will to the blacksmith and
was waiting its turn TO be shod when
found by the owner.
Many OHIO farmers are said TO
have been caught on promIssory notes
which they signed while supposing they
were only putting their names to
pledges presented by a sad-looking
!man, binding him not to kill any song
birds for year.
"A new treatment for consumption
is being prescribed 10y old settlers on
the snake-Tldden Shawaugunk Noun
tain. in New York, consisting in the
patient cutting of the head of a
,rattler' and eating what Is called
the "heart' Of the reptile.
l. Miss Phoebe COuZins, il is an
nounced from st. LOuIs, has been ap-
pointed United States Marshal for that
District. She IS a daughtes of the de-
ceased Marshal, and Is said to have d.
rected the executive affairs of the Office
for some time past.
II "A shower Of stones ratified against
a house il Sumpter County, Georgia.
one night last May, It is stated, as
Though at regular intervals. The
mysterious fusllade has been repeated,
even IN the presence OF neighbOrs. No
explanation has yet been found.
/ While In Buffalo, consulting an
eminent surgeon as To what should be
done about having his teeth out Ia false
set that he declared he had swallowed),
jamestown (N. " man received a
despatch stating that his teeth had
been found where he had uncOnSciously
dropped them.
The inspection of meat IN Berlin
IS a very important matter. Twelve
veterinary surgeons are employed to
Istamp 1t before slaughter, and forty
microscopic samplers are continually
engaged i'll examining the meat ex-
posed for sale. Besides these 100 ex-
perts are employed in various duties,
twenty-six Of whom are women.
The wife of a Nevada, Missouri.
man had ten young chickens. One
day at noon hawk pOunced down
upon them and carried OF one, but did
not go far before a lot of crows got
alter him. The next night at rOOstlng
time the lost chicken came home. II
still bears the marks of the hawk, but
is otherwise'aIl right.
"A Maine woman, who takes pleas
ure iU her poultry, has adopted a SIM
pie but excellent method of keeping her
chickens at home. She ties a small
corn cob TO one leg, allowing it to dam
gle at distance Of about six inches.
The fowl can scratch and get about
with ease, but, 1t Is said, will not at
tempt to fly over palings or squeeze
through crack.
"A new law that went into force
September 10 throughout Prussia re-
iqulres all keepers of restaurants at rail-
way stations of the third and fourth
class TO provide a cup of good, hot
c0Hee, without milk or sugar, for
pfennigs (abOut / cents in our
money!, and the same with milk and
sugar for double the price.
The jailer of the Pueblo county
jail. Colorado, permitted one of the
prisoners to play the violin evenings.
The other night the scraping began at
an early hour and was kept up contluu-
Uusly and vigorously until late, when it
ceased In the morning the jailer
found that, under cover of the
music, four prisoners had sawed off
portion of window casing, worked a
big stone out of place and escaped.
Otter Belt, one of the greatest of
Comanche chiefs, died in the Indian
Territory recently. Five minutes be-
fore his death they held him erect and
rigged him out in his best war cos
tune, They painted him red, set his
war bonnet on his head. tied up his
hair in beaver skins, and laid him down
just as he died. Then his five wives
took sharp butcher knives, slashed
their faces with long, deep cuts, cut
themselves in other places, and beat
their bleeding bodies and pulled their
hair. They also burned everything
they had, tepees, furniture, and even
most Of the clothing they had on. y
big crowd of bucks looked on and killed
ten horses, including a favorite team